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Warner Music Group WMG Ratios & Valuation

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Profitability
Gross margin45.8%-1.0pp45.9%-1.0pp45.8%-1.9pp46.6%-0.9pp46.8%-0.5pp
Operating margin12.1%+0.6pp11.2%+0.4pp10.3%-2.5pp10.7%-3.2pp11.6%-2.1pp
Net margin6.3%-0.8pp4.4%-3.6pp5.4%-1.3pp4.6%-4.0pp7.1%-1.1pp
Returns
Return on equity69.3%-21.1pp48.2%-53.4pp62.7%-42.8pp55.4%-87.5pp90.4%-64.1pp
Return on invested capital25.5%+12.2pp25.4%+11.9pp21.8%+5.5pp11.6%-5.3pp13.3%-2.9pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×-0.1×0.7×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio0.7×+0.1×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.2×-6.3×0.8×-7.0×0.8×-7.4×7.3×-1.5×7.5×-2.4×
Net debt / EBITDA0.1×-3.3×-0.2×-3.6×-3.1×3.6×+0.6×3.4×+0.3×
Valuation
Market capitalization$13.34B-18.2%$16.02B-0.2%$17.75B+9.5%$14.08B-11.3%$16.31B-4.3%
Price / earnings29.5×-6.6×52.5×+21.2×48.6×+11.4×47.4×+18.4×36.1×+3.9×
Price / sales1.9×-0.7×2.3×-0.2×2.6×+0.1×2.2×-0.3×2.6×-0.1×
Price / book18.1×-10.7×22.3×-7.2×27.4×-3.9×23.9×-8.9×28.8×-10.6×
EV / EBITDA10.7×-7.9×13.7×-5.5×16.6×-0.6×17×+1.0×18.6×+1.4×
Dividend yield3%+0.7pp2.4%+0.1pp2.2%-0.1pp2.7%+0.4pp2.3%+0.2pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Warner Music Group's profit margins?
Warner Music Group (WMG) runs a 45.8% gross margin and a 12.1% operating margin, with a 6.3% net margin.
Where do Warner Music Group's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Warner Music Group's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.